Musa ibn nusayr
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Musa bin Nusair
Musa bin Nusair was the Muslim governor of the province of North Africa at the time of the Moorish invasion of Hispania. In his younger years he had done much to advance the Moslem cause in Northern Africa by bringing all of Morroco and Tangiers under Moslem control, resisting the Byzantines at sea, and taking control of Cyprus and other Mediterranean Islands. In 710 he was approached by Count Julian, Gothic Governor of an island near the Straight of Gibralter, who was an enemy of Roderic, the Visigoth king. He asked for Moorish aid in what was essentially a Visigoth civil war, and Musa immediately saw the opportunity for adding to his dominion. It was he who directed his general Tariq to invade the country, but he did not anticipate the speed at which the Gothic kingdom would fall, and was bitterly jealous of his general's success. Soon after the Moorish victory at the battle of Guadalete, Musa led another army into Hispania for the purpose of claiming his share of the credit and spoils. In thi
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Musa ibn Nusayr
POLITICIAN
640 - 716
Musa ibn Nusayr
Musa ibn Nusayr (Arabic: موسى بن نصير Mūsá bin Nuṣayr; c. 640 – c. 716) was an Arab general and governor who served under the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Musa ibn Nusayr has received more than 233,515 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Musa ibn Nusayr is the 2,552nd most popular politician (down from 2,063rd in 2019). (up from 26th in 2019)
Musa ibn Nusayr is most famous for being the governor of Muslim Spain and North Africa, and for leading the Muslim conquest of Visigothic Spain.
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Among politicians, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 2,552 out of 19,576. Before him are Krum, Ahaziah of Judah, Sa'id of Egypt, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Princess Joséphine Charlotte
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Musa ibn Nusayr
Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716)
Musa ibn Nusayr (Arabic: موسى بن نصيرMūsá bin Nuṣayr; c. 640 – c. 716) was an Arab general and governor who served under the Umayyad caliphAl-Walid I. He ruled over the Muslim provinces of North Africa (Ifriqiya), and directed the Islamic conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom that controlled the Iberian Peninsula and part of what is now southern France (Septimania).
Background
Various suggestions have been made as to his ancestry. Some say his father belonged to the Lakhmid clan of semi-nomads who lived east of the Euphrates and were allies of the Sassanians,[1] while others claim he belonged to the Banu Bakr confederation.[2] One account stated that Musa's father was taken captive after the fall of the Mesopotamian city of Ayn al-Tamr (633). According to this account, he was an Arab Christian who was one of a number being held hostage there. However, al-Baladhuri, relating the same events,[3] states he was an Arab of the Balī tribe, from Jabal al-Jalīl in Palestine
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